Program 2022
In 2022 we are again able to offer you an exclusive program with highlights of the year from the car body industry. Experts in vehicle construction, development and industry presented the latest facts and trends to the trade public.
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Sep 2022
# | Title | Speaker(s) | Time |
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1 | Welcome and Introduction | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz Eckstein Director Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University |
09:00 am |
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BMW iVision Circular | Kai Langer BMW Group |
09:30 am |
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Mega Castings in Automotive Body Structures |
Dr. Mikael Fermér VOLVO CAR CORPORATION |
10:00 am |
4 | The Volkswagen ID Buzz and its Body in White |
Jörg Wendekamm Kai Hoffmeyer |
10:30 am |
Coffee break | 11:00 am | ||
5 | The Opel Vivaro-e Hydrogen: Ready for the Hydrogen Future |
Dr. Johannes Siegmann Opel Automobile GmbH |
11:40 am |
6 | The All New BMW 7 – Automotive Luxury and Innovations for the Digital Era |
Daniel Rastätter BMW Group |
12:20 am |
Lunch break | 01:00 pm | ||
7 | Vehicle Damage Diagnosis | Dr. Dennis Böhmländer Audi AG |
02:00 pm |
8 | Failure Predictions in Sheet and Cast Metallic Structural Metals |
Dr. Richard Burrows NIO Performance Engineering |
02:40 pm |
Coffee break | 03:20 pm | ||
9 | Body Panels Quick and Cheap in Shape |
Dr. Till Pfeifer |
03:50 pm |
10 | Advanced Composites – A Sustainable Solution for Lightweight Vehicle Components |
Dr. Kristian Seidel |
04:30 pm |
Evening Event and Networking |
07:30 pm |
21
Sep 2022
# | Title | Speaker(s) | Time |
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Moderation: Prof. Mark White and Dr. Thomas Rudlaff | |||
11 | One-piece Aluminium Body Side Outer Forming Study |
Dr. Dominique Daniel Alexander Gaida |
09:00 am |
12 | Joining Strategies for Aluminium Body Design |
Dr. Paul Briskham Sylvain Beucher Sabine Wenig |
09:35 am |
13 | Advancements in Aluminium Alloys for Structural Castings & Recycling | t.b.d. Magna International |
10:10 am |
14 | LCA & Value-in-Use Study on the Aluminium Top Hat |
Dr. Thorolf Schulte Sebastian Spohr |
10:40 am |
Coffee break | 11:20 am | ||
15 | Battery Housings - Challenges in Design and Production |
Udo Kreutzarek Nemak |
11:50 am |
16 | Innovative Concepts for Battery Box Engineering |
Mario Padovani Baosteel Tailored Blanks S.r.l. |
12:30 pm |
Lunch break | 01:10 pm | ||
17 | Steel E-Motive: Development of the Body Structure for a New Autonomous Mobility as a Service Vehicle |
Neil McGregor |
02:10 pm |
18 | Steel Lightweight Body-in-White for Integrated Battery Modules | Clemens Latuske, Erik Hilfrich thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG |
02:50 pm |
19 | Cost-Effective Body-in-White Production with Large Die-Casting Cells | Martin Lagler Bühler AG |
03:30 pm |
Summary | 04:10 pm |